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 | Hello, Lee. This will involve more than hoping to find fake programs to delete in your control panel applet. To clear this infection you will have to download a couple of removal tools, but I will only give you safe, verified ones to use. Just so we can see what … |
 | Check this value in your registry. At key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage, check that... OEMCP=437. And that it does not change between startups. It is possible for applications to change the codepage via several functions. If it is fixed at the same value each time then somehow your codepage is getting altered internally. … |
 | Interesting. I had to experiment to be sure, because account information on the web is conflicting and some of it is quite wrong, and my experience with them was moderate... so on my W7 machine I enabled the Guest account; I also created a new User account, Justonce, logged in … |
 | Shouldn't do any damage. The quality pastes are non-conductive electrically, non-corrosive. The worst it could do is harden a wee bit and make it ever so slightly more difficult to lift the CPU out one day. Interesting about the monitors. I use Core Temp on an Intel CPU... it's just … |
| | Do you have the Start button and lower task bar showing?  |
 | You might try downloading RKill and ADWCleaner from bleepingcomputer; run RKill first, then without restarting run ADWCleaner and Malwarebytes again. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/ http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ |
| | Posted in your other thread, Crystal.  |
| | I think this should give you the guidance you need to remove the message: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/adding-messages-to-windows-7s-logon-screen/4390 Or, if you so wish, you can copy and save the following script to your deskto using notepad; name it cleanlogin.bat. Double-click it to run it; you will be asked to confirm the steps. It … |
| | So from Safe Mode, if you look in \Windows, are there $NtUninstallKB.... folders dated yesterday? Open them, open spuninst folder and dclick spuninst.exe. |
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| | Re: Sony vaio reset If you can log on, then run chkdsk [checkdisk] by rclicking drive, then going Properties, Tools. |
| | Nooo.... it's a malware issue!! Run RKill by Grinler. http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com Follow up with http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/farbar/FSS.exe Post the log. |
| | Re: search.us.com Re the removal of this key, O20 - Winlogon Notify: dimsntfy - %SystemRoot%\System32\dimsntfy.dll (file missing)... I consider the proper course to be to restore the file, a part of maintaining system security, and to NOT delete the launch key. DIMSNTFY.DLL The Digital Identity Management Service Notification Handler starts via Winlogon … |
| | Sankha, this should do the trick. I have included a link as a way of acknowledging the author of the fix. Links - http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm ==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap unchecked] and save as fixkey.reg, as type "all files", to your desktop; dclick it to … |
 | Starting, I belive, with XP, only Windows' boot files must be on a primary partition ["system" drive must be primary], but the remainder [the "boot" drive], of the OS may be on a logical volume. W7 has the option of a System Reserved primary for all boot files and loader. … |
| | You might use TestDisk by Grenier to see if it recognises the disk spaces correctly. If it does then you can rewrite the MBR with that information. Its Deep Search might pick up the correct boundary. If not, then a tool like PTedit32 may be the one to use. For … |
| | Pretty much, just search with this term:- code: 80072EE2 A couple of links which may help... http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_update/windows-update-error-code-80072ee2/fb87f203-69d9-4cd5-bbb1-ba8d0781be3e http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=code%3A%2080072ee2&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.technet.microsoft.com%2FForums%2Fen%2Fw7itprosecurity%2Fthread%2F11f7f7e5-a826-4e94-af6a-8f5db3206d22&ei=9fKnUdDAJaewiQeJuIDQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFs3zh7a01XICqzY7g1d4HjSTL26g&bvm=bv.47244034,d.aGc You're not alone. Btw, you must use IE for Wupdate. Chrome etc just will not work.  |
| | Check also what system restore size is set to, and the pagefile specification, if there is one on your D: drive. A program like MyDefrag will identify the "stolen" space for you.  |
| | The 7 hive files are DEFAULT SAM SECURITY SOFTWARE SYSTEM COMPONENTS BCD-Template To do the job, boot from your W7 inst disk. Choose the option to Repair your Computer. Choose a recovery tool : Command Prompt Then enter these commands... cd Windows\System32\Config md Temp copy BCD-Template Temp ren BCD-Template BCD-Template.bak … |
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 | Ancient, I'm using IE6 [rarely], but I'm going to guess nothing much has changed... :) What if you physically edit this key [or sim, for IE10] to reflect your homepage URL? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] So: "Start Page"="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogville/" Or check that it at least reflects the home … |
| | MBAM is usually right on top of Vundo. All you have are the two Searchscopes keys, which were removed. GMER looks clean, no suspicious keys or services in DDS. |
| | Weird. Perhaps your AV/AM services decided to work. But usually they say they've killed something. Those logs appear clean. |
| | Is this the type of Java popup to which you refer?  "i have windows 7 and do not want to run java programs" . Perhaps, but the fact that you are seeing that popup means that you are running Java [it is installed on your machine], and that … |
| | Re: Windows XP Boot into the one you want to keep. If the two Windows are in the one partition, eg. C: drive then there will be Windows and Windows(2)- identify the surplus windows [best if it is Windows(2) because that (2) will carry over into other stuff....] and delete its Windows folder. … |
 | You forgot already where you honeymooned? Sheesh. Too much of something. You got bigger problems than hacking someone's email.  |
| | By now you have likely read up on Sality and know that you have some hard choices and work ahead of you. Yes, it is curable, but while protected system executables will not be infected, many other system files may be. Certainly the executables of other softwares will be infected … |
 | Because you're having fun playing with it, I'll keep it simple: You should search $WEBHAX.NFC,crys - possibly a phone hack. Note spelling. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Experts-Details-Clever-Propagation-Mechanism-of-Gamarue-Malware-333499.shtml http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2013/02/27/the-strange-case-of-gamarue-propagation.aspx Just delete the files and reg entries, there are no protections. The second link gives you clues as to how. TrustedInstaller.exe is used by the Windows … |
| | Lessee... just so that you get the correct screen of options, restart your sys and begin pressing F8 as BIOS runs, and you should lob into a black screen Advanced Options Boot Menu with one of them being "Disable automatic restart on system failure". Choose that one. Restart your system. …  |
| | It seems as if you are missing a registry key which launches the explorer shell. You can paste the line below into the Start, Run window, or alternatively, into a cmd window, and press Enter - it will add/correct the respective entry in your registry. The change will be apparent … |
 | It would be handy if you could tell us the exact Stop Code shown in the blue screen message. To see that, it may be that you must disable automatic restarting after an error: when you start your system, press F8 a few times after hard disk detection - you … |
| | Does the server have the printer driver software installed on it also? |
| | Go into a darkened room, check your black screen for your displayed page... if faintly there, and it responds normally to your manipulations, then it is your fluoro backlight dying, or its HV ps. Service call. |
| | I'm going with a "broken" BIOS. USB [and PS2, if available] hardware support should just work in BIOS. Perhaps you need to flash. |
 | Mus be a rainy sunday, all over the world....  |
| | Try to start your system in Safe Mode. If successful remove virgin Media. If that does not work, then use your F keys or Delete key to enter BIOS Setup; under Power Mgmnt disable Autorestart. Next time you restart the sys capture [write down] the error codes and message re … |
| | Can only guess, but possibly in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services or Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase keys you have a Silicon Images service trying to start. You could search those keys for the words SIL or SILICON. Does the message appear if you start in Safe Mode? You could use a Windows API scanne/monitor to output the … |
| | The tab key measures spaces along a line, from the beginning of the [any] line. Mine in notepad.exe is equivalent to 8 spaces; thus: -a tab- 12345... the "1" would be one tab position along the line. In this browser, on this site, a tab is equivalent to 4 spaces, … |
| | Is tcpip.sys always the driver mentioned in the stop msgs? You do mention that you are working on the internet when the error occurs... |
| | Mmm... that rather says that explorer thinks that j:\ is a filename [well, that is how it works...], and it will think that right up until it discovers that it is actually something higher up the tree, like a folder or drive letter. So, my guess is that the partition … |
| | Re: BIOS Password The BIOS password? Before running cracks for that, just clear your CMOS memory on the mobo; that's where it is commonly stored. But you might just have a mobo or laptop with the pw stored in non-volatile flash memory, or even on the hdd... search for your model.... in which … |
 | You might copy and save the following as rq2.bat to your desktop, dclick the bat file to run it. Safe or normal mode... reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SytNxobj /f del /f /q C:\Users\Chiz\AppData\Local\Temp\kerlamnc.exe del /f /q C:\Users\Chiz\AppData\Local\kscbnlrs\sytnxobj.exe del /f /q C:\Users\Chiz\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\sytnxobj.exe del /f /q C:\Users\Chiz\AppData\Local\kscbnlrs Wise, though, because your language is …  |
| | Get imgburn. It's free. Build a recovery set of files from your two discs, then use Imgburn to create an image [an .iso file] from them on your hdd [Create image file from files/folders]. Default settings should work; extract boot files from one of the recovery discs. Creating a bootable … |
| | Skip infection checks... no way is that 8400 GS a gaming card. It is not anywhere near the min requ for Proto2... http://www.hwcompare.com/7109/geforce-8400-gs-512mb-vs-geforce-gt-430/ But you have it; if you set the lowest graphics res your monitor can stand [640x] then you might get a playable framerate. Might. It was only … |
 | You might run GMER, OTL to give us a lead, a chance. OldTimer Listit. Luckily for you, it sounds like a dud malware. Then again, maybe only that bit is dud...  |
 | Press the Start button, choose Run, and paste into the Run box.. control sysdm.cpl,,3 Or go Control Panel, System, and choose Advanced tab. There select Startup and Recovery Settings button, on that page deselect the Automatically restart checkbox. You system should now sutdown correctly. Your problem likely arose because upon …  |
| | To enlarge... The ATA-6 /Ultra DMA100 standard provides for a 48 bit LBA address space for sectors [Ultra DMA133 is just faster], so that is the current *hardware* limit, I believe. 2^48 * 512B sector size = 144 * 10^15, or 128 * 2^50. That is 128PB. 2^50 is a … |
 | Re: Cannot Uninstall luis, CP Add/Remove reads the registry key entries at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\. If an application is listed there [a key entry] with a DisplayName value then it will appear in A/R Pgms. If the key contains a value Uninstallstring then the Uninstall tab will appear alongside in A/R Pgms. If the actual … |
| | You're the chap who drives past, thinking there's a reasonably good chance of making it to the next petrol station.... Samsung may have a tool to "repair" bad sectors on their drives, but you are wise to backup all data before hand. That takes another drive. SMART will likely by … |
 | Asus? Likely AMI BIOS, then. Here is a list of AMI beep codes: http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm 1L2S is a vid BIOS problem, 2S is RAM. Hmmm. I'm going to guess that you disturbed your RAM block; that could be reflected in the video problem [video uses some RAM]. Open up, reseat your … |
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